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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is abundantly clear to me that 11:43 is comparing the very best MoCo magnet schools to middle-of-the-pack private schools -- if 11:43 has indeed really had a child in a private school past Kindergarten at all.  (11:43's assessment of, say, takoma park magnet does sound about right)

Those of us with an older tween or teen in Holton, gds or Sidwell don't think that the language and science and math piece "levels out" and becomes par with, say, Westland MS or BCC, as 11:43 suggests.   [/quote]

Oh for Pete's sake. I'm 11:43 and I did indeed have kids, two of them, in private schools and they stayed there way, way beyond kindergarten. And this was much more than a "middle-of-the-pack" private school - it's a very well-regarded around independent school in this area. However, sorry, but I'm not going to out my kids by naming their school just to satisfy an unhappy curmudgeon like you.

You're wrong about the science in public high schools. You seem unfamiliar with the magnet choices in MoCo in MS and HS. However, only one of my kids went through a math/science magnet so I can speak with authority about the science offerings in regular MoCo publics.

You seem to be exactly the type of private school parent to whom OP is referring! You know, the kind of parent who denigrates other parents' choices and even their experiences.[/quote]

But, none of your kids went thru 12th grade at Sidwell, Holton or GDS.    So you can't really speak knowledgeably about the rigor of sidwell's language or history program.  Or the caliber of gds's very highest math offerings for its top math students compared to, say, Wooten.  That's my point.  You asserted that "public" schools "catch up" to "privates" in humanities and science offerings  after elementary school. Those are your exact words.  I assert that it totally depends on which two schools you are comparing.  Blair magnet vs. St. Andrews math?  I'm with you. BCC non- honors general  history vs. any Sidwell US history course?  Advantage, Sidwell.

This is the problem with blanket statements just like the ones you made. [/quote]

You can't make blanket assertions either, because your kids are in private. You can't speak knowledgeably about BCC's IB or RM IB offerings, the arts programs in the downcounty consortium, or other public school offerings. Pot, meet kettle.

But, you're a thoroughly nasty person. To wit, your ad hominem attacks, criticizing public schools you don't have any experience with, the list goes on. Yuck. Nice parents -- advantage public schools![/quote]

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